How do we know that this section of the poem describes an experience later in the summer? Is it a pleasing image of the season?
Only one line shows this; 'rank with cowdung' - we can sense that this was not a pleasant or pleasing image to Seamus.
How are the developed frogs made to sound ugly and threatening?
Several phrases and sentences are used to show the disapproval of the frogs from Heaney's point of view. 'angry frogs invaded', 'the air was thick with brass chorus', 'dam gross-bellied frogs were cocked on sods', 'loose necks pulsed like sails', 'slap and plop were obscene threats', 'mud grenades', 'blunt heads farting', 'great slime kings', 'vengeance', 'that if i dipped my hand the spawn would clutch it'.
Why does this experience cause the 'death' of the naturalist?
Why does this experience cause the 'death' of the naturalist?
'I sickened, turned, and ran!'
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